Improvement in picks



:r1-irs Y THOMAS R. PINKS, OF BRISTOLVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT |N'PlcKs.

' Specification forming part of Letters Pate-nt No. 165,502, dated July 13, 1875; application filed April 2e, 1875.-

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOS. R. PINKS, of Bristolville, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio7 have invented new and useful Improvements in Pick-Handles, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, wherein- Figure Il is a side View of the pick and handle. Fig. 2 is an end View. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

This invention relates to a handle for picks, the construction of which is substantially as follows:

In the drawing, A represen tsa pick, which may be of the shape shown, or a modification thereof'. The particular shape of the pick is not a matter ot' importance in connection with this invention. The stock or handle of the pick is of wood, of the desired length and diameter, the lower end of which is square, and ot' a diameter equal to the width of the pick. A strap of iron, B, is formed with a thickened center, c, and bent at right angles to tit upon two opposite sides of the square part of the handle G, to which it is to be firmly riveted, as shown in the drawing. Another iron strap, B,.is formed in a like manner, and .made to tit upon the corresponding opposite sides of the square part of the-handle, and is firmly riveted thereto, forming a' shield or kind of socket for the handle C, and a square eye, A', wherein to insert the pick, as shown in Fig. 3, and which is secured therein by a pin, n, inserted in a hole drilled in the inner side of the eye, half of the hole being in the pick and halt' in the handle.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a pick a socket-handle, formed by combining the angular plates or straps B and B with the square part of the stock or handle O, substantially in the manner as described, and for the purpose specied.

THOMAS R. PINKS.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, A. F. CORNELL. 

